The former leader of a troubled Baltimore nonprofit pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor bank theft charge stemming from coronavirus relief funds that prosecutors said the organization obtained under false pretenses.
The plea deal reached Friday means that federal prosecutors will not try Reginald Davis, 42, on harsher wire fraud and money laundering charges lodged against the former Strong City Baltimore executive in 2023. He was scheduled to go on trial in mid-July.
Davis, who took over Strong City in 2020, used the funds to pay off the struggling nonprofit’s prior debts, he admitted in a plea agreement filed in court last week…